Psychological Distress Is Associated with Greater Perceived Disability and Pain in Patients Presenting to a Shoulder Clinic

Conclusions: Catastrophic thinking and decreased self-efficacy are associated with greater shoulder pain and disability. Our data support the notion that patient-to-patient variation in symptom intensity and magnitude of disability is more strongly related to psychological distress than to the specific shoulder diagnosis. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - December 16, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Menendez, M. E., Baker, D. K., Oladeji, L. O., Fryberger, C. T., McGwin, G., Ponce, B. A. Tags: Shoulder Scientific Articles Source Type: research